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1. Alaska’s flag was designed as part of a contest held in 1927, 30 years before the territory became a state. The winning submission was drawn by Benny Benson, a 13-year-old boy of mixed European and Aleut heritage. Like all cartoonishly named 13-year-old boys of that period, Benson lived in an orphanage and probably had a lot of moxie and spunk. As his reward, he received $1,000 toward a trip to Washington, D.C. to present the flag to President and fellow alliterate Calvin Coolidge, as well as a white gold pocket watch engraved with his design. While the Washington trip never transpired due to scheduling conflicts, Benson was able to apply the funds to his education at a diesel-engine repair school. The pocket watch, which he later donated to the Alaska state museum, was extremely boss. READ MORE